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Image copyright ReutersImage caption The ferry was reportedly en route to this tourist island upstream from the city centre More than 70 people are reported to have died after a ferry sank in the Tigris river in Iraq’s city of Mosul. Most of the 100 passengers said to have been on board could not swim, […]

Image copyright AFPImage caption Michel Temer faces several accusations but has denied any wrongdoing Former Brazilian President Michel Temer has been arrested in São Paulo as part of a massive corruption investigation. Mr Temer, a 78-year-old lawyer who served as president from 2016 to 2018, is being investigated in several cases. He has consistently denied […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSix killed in Yancheng chemical plant explosion Six people have been killed in a blast at a chemical plant in Yancheng, eastern China, local authorities say. Thirty people were also injured in the explosion, which took place at about 14:50 local time (06:50 GMT) at the plant […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption“It has become an inland sea” Some 15,000 people still need to be rescued from the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai, Mozambique officials say. The cyclone victims there are stranded by catastrophic flooding and are clinging to roofs or stuck in trees, charities say. In the port […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNew Zealand’s PM said she hoped the ban would be in place by 11 April New Zealand will ban all types of semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles following the Christchurch attacks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said. The announcement comes less than a week after 50 people […]

Image copyright AFP/GettyImage caption Radovan Karadzic hid for years before his arrest in 2008 and conviction in 2016 A UN court has rejected an appeal by Bosnian Serb former leader Radovan Karadzic and increased his sentence to life in prison. The tribunal on Wednesday ruled that his initial sentence was too light. In 2016 Karadzic, […]

Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Texas prison inmates (FILE) Three Native American prisoners in Texas have successfully sued the state’s prison system for the right to grow long hair for religious reasons. The ruling only applies to these three inmates but could affect the more than 5,000 Native American prisoners in the state, the Houston […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCyclone Idai: Survivors rescued by land and air Mozambique’s port city of Beira is reeling from the damage inflicted by Cyclone Idai. So far 200 people have been confirmed dead in the southern African country, along with another 100 in neighbouring Zimbabwe, but the death toll could […]

Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Anger at the widespread use of hidden filming prompted protests in South Korea last year Four men have been arrested in South Korea, accused of secretly filming 1,600 hotel room guests and selling the footage via a website. Mini-cameras were installed in TVs, hair-dryer holders and sockets. The men allegedly […]

Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Violence in Angra dos Reis, site of the nuclear power plant, has increased recently Gunmen have attacked a convoy of trucks carrying uranium fuel to a nuclear power plant near the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, police say. The convoy came under attack as it drove past a community […]

Image copyright EPAImage caption People carry their personal effects through a flooded section of Praia Nova, Beira Cyclone Idai has triggered a “massive disaster” in southern Africa affecting hundreds of thousands if not millions of people, the UN says. The region has been hit by widespread flooding and devastation affecting Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Mozambique […]

Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption “I cannot see what I am guilty of,” said Philippe Barbarin Pope Francis has turned down a French cardinal’s offer to resign over a Church sex abuse cover-up. Earlier this month, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin was found guilty of failing to report historical allegations of assaults by a priest in his […]